#E5C84F#E5C84F

#E5C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C84F
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -3.16, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 62.22, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0139 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3812, 58.5338, 15.8294)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C84F #4F6CE5

analogous

#E57D4F #E5C84F #B7E54F

triadic

#E5C84F #4FE5C8 #C84FE5

tetradic

#E5C84F #4FE57D #4F6CE5 #E54FB7

square

#E5C84F #4FE57D #4F6CE5 #E54FB7

split-complementary

#E5C84F #4FB7E5 #7D4FE5

monochromatic

#A28718 #D7B420 #E5C84F #EDD984 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E5C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C84F

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C84F	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d886',
    500: '#e5c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c84f;
$custom-light: #f1d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83548,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C84F

secondary

#344AA4

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C84F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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